Course Introduction 2014/15
New students are invited to attend an introduction to the course at
6pm on Monday 29th September in the Glaxo-Wellcome Suite.
Enter Birkbeck by the main entrance on Torrington Square, turn right after passing the reception desk and proceed down the long corridor.
Someone will be waiting by the blue door (at the end of the long corridor) to let you in. There will be a change to the format of the
first term, with an introductory week — details to follow.

Vivas 2014/15
The MSc vivas will be held on 16th/17th September. The MRes vivas will be held on 18th September. Students will be contacted in advance about times and venues.

ISMB Seminars
All Masters students are welcome to attend the Wednesday lunchtime
seminars (organised jointly by the Department of Biological Sciences at
Birkbeck and the Research Department of Structural Molecular Biology at
UCL). Details available here.

Information for students on visas
The UK Border Agency guidance for students on visas is available
here.

Masters in Bioinformatics with Systems BiologyUniversity of London

Information for prospective students

We offer two parallel Masters courses in Bioinformatics with Systems
Biology — an MSc course and an MRes course. Both courses are
available full time over one year or part time over two years. The key
difference between the two courses is the balance between the taught
and research content: the MSc is two-thirds taught (with 8 course
modules) and one-third research, whereas the MRes course is one-third
taught (4 course modules) and two-thirds research.

The Masters in Bioinformatics with Systems Biology courses at
Birkbeck provide a unique opportunity to network with experienced
scientists and other professionals who take the course part-time while
working. In a typical year we have several post-doctoral scientists
from local research labs and computer experts with established careers
in the City.

The MSc Bioinformatics with Systems Biology has grown
out of our former MSc in Bioinformatics, one of the
longest-established Bioinformatics Masters degrees in the
country. Since Autumn 2007 the MSc has been run as a collaboration
between the Department of Biological Sciences at Birkbeck and
the Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology at
University College London, which are both part of the prestigious
ISMB. Past students on the
course have gone on to do a wide range of jobs in academia and
industry, or further study at PhD level. More information about
the MSc course is available on this page.

For applicants who want to gain a more in-depth experience of doing
research, the MRes Bioinformatics with Systems
Biology may be the better option. Given that students on this
course need to start working on their projects earlier in the course
than those on the MSc course, we judge that the minimum requirement
(in terms of prior experience and ability) for being offered a place
on the MRes course is higher than for the MSc course. More information
about the MRes course is available on this
page.

Note that a small number of funded studentships are available on our sister MRes
Structural Biology course. Computational biology projects are available
to students accepted onto this course.

Enquiries

Enquiries about these Masters courses should be directed to:

Room 324a
Department of Biological Sciences
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX
United Kingdom